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The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No 9 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2026, SI 2026/1015, bring into force on 30...
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published an open letter to domestic heating oil suppliers on the use of fair and transparent terms...
This week's edition of Commercial weekly highlights includes: a Court of Appeal decision in Batavia Eximp & Contracting (S) Pte Ltd v Pedregal...
MLex: Snap is facing a new Dutch collective action over the allegedly addictive design of Snapchat, illegal content and unlawful data processing, with...
Fiduciary DutiesWho is a fiduciary?There is no comprehensive list of the relationships which give rise to the existence of fiduciary duties under...
RepudiationThis Practice Note concerns repudiation and sets out what a repudiatory breach of contract means. It explains how a repudiatory breach goes...
If a contract’s actual date and effective date are different, is the effective date enforceable?For the purposes of this Q&A we have assumed this is...
Agent and principal relationships with third partiesThis Practice Note deals with the relationships arising between principals, agents and third...
What is the legal effect of a contractual obligation to ‘procure’ that something happens? How is this affected by adding the qualification ‘reasonable endeavours’?The obligation to ‘procure’ that something happens, creates an absolute obligation on a party to make sure that it does.The legal effect
How is the governing law of a contract determined if the contract is silent?The governing, or applicable law is the law that governs a dispute between the parties. Generally, parties have the freedom to choose the applicable law. However, where they have failed to do so then the applicable law will
Liability for independent contractorsThis Practice Note discusses when a party engaging an independent contractor may be subject to non-delegable duties or become vicariously liable in tort for the acts or omissions of their independent contractors.Remaining liable for acts and omissions of
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some point
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